Security Researcher - Kaspersky Lab UK Europe Bookmark Share Print 1790 2 7

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Desired Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of work in IT security industry

• Higher technical education is a plus

• Presented at minimum 10 security-related events (security industry events, business events, student conference, etc...)

• Has written and published a minimum of 15 blogposts (on Securelist, Threatpost, etc...)

• Has written and published several analysis articles (on Securelist, Threatpost, Virus Bulletin, etc...)

• Good knowledge of major security incidents during past 10 years

• Deep knowledge in the following fields:

○ mobile device security and mobile malware

○ statistical detection, statistics generation

○ methods of protection against threats

○ security best practices

○ polymorphic malware

○ rootkits/bootkits

• Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to analyze and understand non-standard threats (MacOS X, ICS, SCADA, ARM, QNX, etc...)

• Experience in developing tools and documentation for other researchers

• Executable file analysis skills in a hexadecimal editor (Hiew, 010, etc...)

• Good knowledge of file formats (archive, image, sound, video, etc...)

• Ability to analyze and understand malicious code (Windows PE, .Net, OLE2, JS, VBS, HTML, PDF, SWF, ELF)

• Deep knowledge of Intel x86 assembler, 16, 32 and 64-bit instructions

• Ability to use IDA+HexRays for reverse engineering

• Good knowledge of WinAPI

• Good knowledge of Linux OS distributions (Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat, etc...)

• Good knowledge of Linux API / kernel / POSIX standards

• Excellent knowledge of Windows PE file format

• Good experience in using C/C++/C#/Java programming languages

• Good knowledge of the operating principles of TCP/IP sockets

• Good knowledge and understanding of the types of anti-malware tests and their procedures (AV-Test.org, AV-Comparatives, Virus Bulletin, Dennis Lab, etc...)

• Knowledge of the line of Kaspersky Lab products

• Knowledge of the range of technologies used in Kaspersky products

• Knowledge of the operating principles of Kaspersky products components.

• Good knowledge of the Kaspersky Lab cloud infrastructure (KSN)

Other requirements

• Good written and spoken technical English

• Attentive and diligent when managing highly sensitive data

• Has a keen interest in the field of security research

• Good communication skills; work with developers, analysts, researchers, marketing, PR, sales (etc). using “same language”

• Good presentation (PowerPoint, Prezi, Keynote, etc...) skills

• Technical article writing skills

• Understanding the “big picture” of the IT Security industry + business

• High ethical standards

Proposes ideas aimed at improving department performance, assumes responsibility for achieving group goals

Participates in the development of the unit's recommended practices and standards, assumes responsibility for accomplishing group goals

Takes an active part in the formation of requirements for the internal infrastructure of Kaspersky Lab

Suggests ideas to be implemented in company’s products

Writes instructions and documentation on various topics

Content creation; analyse and describe malicious programs (malware)

Present about IT security to wide audiences (customers, internal sales, etc...)

Monitoring, analysis and understanding of malware trends at local, regional and global level (country, region, world)

Prototype development; imagine and develop prototypes or new technologies

Testing newly released products and technologies from Kaspersky and competitors

Contacts inside / outside the company

Gives interviews at the regional (Americas, Europe, EEMEA, APAC) level

Keeps in touch with other security researchers

Participates in industry recognized security groups

Works with CERTs, non profit security industry groups

Assists Law Enforcement

Keeps in touch with people working in other divisions of KL

Executive functions

Mentorship: professional coaching and training of department staff

Assists with new hirings